# Bump Issues

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**Note on Discord limits**

Thread-Watcher does not have any limits on the amount of threads you're allowed to watch whatsoever. However, a Discord server can only have a maximum of 1000 threads active at once which might make Thread-Watcher behave strangely if you go above this number.
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* Silently editing the thread
* Sending a message

As you're here you are probably getting tired of Thread-Watcher sending annoying messages in your threads. Don't worry, the fix is just one setting away.

{% hint style="info" %} <i class="fa-user-secret">:user-secret:</i> **Private Threads**

Private threads work differently than public threads and therefore message bumps are not possible. Please ensure the bot has `Manage Threads` in these channels.
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### Unlocking Silent Bumps

for the bot to be able to silently bump threads it needs to be able to edit a thread. For this to be possible you need to ensure that the bot has the `Manage Threads` permission in the channel that holds the thread.

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### Audit log is being spammed

Thread-Watcher edits threads to bump them, which appends a log into your servers audit log. There's currently no silver bullet to stop this from happening as editing a thread is the only way to silently bump it.

You can deny Thread-Watcher the `Manage Threads` permission which will force it to use messages to bump threads. This will stop your audit logs from being spammed, instead spamming the thread with messages. I'm always thinking of ways to achieve completely silent bumps, but so far I've not found a solution. Sorry :c

### Thread is still not being bumped

Please ensure that the thread is actually watched. You can list all watched threads with `/list` or on the server web dashboard. If you're not seeing your threads, you need to watch them!

If your thread was wrongly configured, meaning Thread-Watcher did not have permissions to bump it thru messages or edits, it might take a while for the bot to start bumping it. Thread-Watcher uses [exponential backoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff) to skip trying to bump threads which have frequently failed being bumped. This is to ensure the bot can operate as smoothly as possible for as many as possible.

If you have ensured your permissions are in order and suspect your threads are being affected by this backoff you are welcome to reach out to me in the support server. I'd be glad to remove this flag from your threads so that they work normally again :)


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